The Legend That Was Clapham: All Good Things... - Couverture souple

Bullock, Donald

 
9780954195809: The Legend That Was Clapham: All Good Things...
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0954195809 ISBN 13 : 9780954195809
Editeur : Wheatley Press, 2012

Synopsis

The ancient parish of Clapham was peopled by a unique and long established community with a fiercely beating heart of its own - until the City fathers decided to destroy it. In The Legend That Was Clapham, Donald Bullock describes its creation, its characters, its delightful way of life, and the tragedy of its destruction. He paints scenes and happenings that are, by today’s standards, scarcely credible. It is a tragically sad, uproariously funny, and immensely soul-searching story of a wonderful and unique culture that was wantonly and thoughtlessly destroyed by a set of misguided do-gooders. "A book that needed writing. Clapham was a paradise. Its needless destruction was wicked. People should know." - Jim Clements "Terrible. They wantonly destroyed a community - a unique culture. Thank heavens it's all been put on record." - Jennifer Davies "At last only my Dad's shop was left. He wouldn't go. They fetched me to get him out. I found him crying at his counter. They began to batter the walls and I led him out peppered in debris. He was soon dead of a broken heart..." - Betty Dix "Moving and absorbing. I can't wait for the author's 'Hovels and Haydust' " - Wendy Lambert

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À propos de l'auteur

Donald Bullock was born in Gloucester's Clapham in the early 'Thirties and was educated at Kingsholm Junior School, Tuffley Open Air School, and the notorious National School. His was an adventurous and perceptive childhood spent in every corner of the earthy and parochial Gloucester of the 'Thirties, in its then close and rolling countryside, and on the banks of its rivers, streams and pools.

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Éditeur
Wheatley Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0954195809
ISBN 13 
9780954195809
Reliure
Broché
Illustrateur
Bullock Mr John E
Nombre de pages
140
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